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The British Red Cross works closely with other Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to improve the health and care situation of vulnerable communities abroad. The British Red Cross has been supporting HIV work internationally since the mid-1980s, for example in China, South Africa and Ethiopia.
The Red Cross symbol. The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia, a Swiss surgeon, and Swiss General Henri Dufour, founding members of the International Committee.
By exploring crisis situations humanitarian education enables students to recognise that people can overcome adversity. It develops their understanding of humanitarian issues, the skills that build resilience and encourages them to intervene to support others in crisis.
Rayleigh: In Reliquom Laboramus (We work for the future) Rochford: Our heritage, our future [10] Southend-on-Sea: Per Mare Per Ecclesiam (By the sea and by the church) [10] Thurrock: Secundum Tamesim Quovis Gentium (By the Thames to all peoples of the world) [10] Waltham Abbey: Sanctae Nomine Crucis (By the name of the Holy Cross) [10]
The VAD system was founded in 1909 with the help of the British Red Cross and Order of St John. By the summer of 1914 there were over 2,500 Voluntary Aid Detachments in Britain. Of the 74,000 VAD members in 1914, two-thirds were women and girls.
Never-before-seen colourised photographs of British Red Cross volunteers caring for D-Day troops and other soldiers during the Second World War have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of ...
The red cross of the Saint George cross extends to the edge of the flag, whereas the red cross on the Red Cross flag does not. The Red Cross flag is the colour-switched version of the Flag of Switzerland , in recognition of "the pioneering work of Swiss citizens in establishing internationally recognized standards for the protection of wounded ...
In October 1918 MacKinnon was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her work with the Red Cross Society. [5] MacKinnon and Lady Edeline Strickland and the Junior Red Cross at Government House in Sydney in about 1918. She gave her support to self trained nurse Elizabeth Kenny [1] who was caring for polio patients in Queensland using ...